Course overview
This course consolidates material taught across the first year of the Graduate Diploma / Master’s program functioning as a capstone project for Graduate Diploma and a substantial mid-degree pre-capstone project for Masters. Students will work in groups to manage an industry-aligned IT project, covering all phases of the project from specification and scoping, through to validation, delivery and dissemination. Students will learn and apply soft skills like teamwork and communication, along with technical skills they have developed in other subjects, to deliver research-informed solutions to the IT problem.
- Project Planning
- Project Implementation
- Project Closure and Dissemination
Course learning outcomes
- Identify, define and justify a complex business problem in the context of IT
- Communicate professionally, both written and verbally, to disseminate industrially relevant research findings and results to different audiences
- Design and deliver research-informed solutions to a complex business problem in the context of IT
- Contribute within a team while applying intellectual and professional self-reliance as an individual and reflect on individual contributions and learnings
- Use a research methodology appropriate for the complex business problem in the context of IT by assessing diverse research methodologies and problem-solving frameworks
- Apply appropriate ethical, cultural and legal frameworks in a project that solves a complex business problem in the context of IT
Degree list
The following degrees include this course